Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley. / By John Horne Tooke, A.M. late of St. John's College Cambridge.

Author/creator Tooke, John Horne
Other author Kneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionThe first American edition. From the second London edition.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Wm. Duane, 1806[-1807]
Description2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 11462. ^A575643
General noteIn the form of a dialog between H. and B. in v. 1, and between H. and F. in v. 2.
General noteFirst two words of title transliterated from Greek.
General noteTitle of v. 2 varies in punctuation, with a colon replacing the period following "Epea pteroenta," and a comma inserted following "St. John's College." Vol. 2 has imprint date: 1807.
General notePlates engraved by William Kneass.
General note"Note. The publisher of this first American edition, apprises the friends of literature, that the author proposes to publish a third part of this invaluable work: which it has been intimated, may appear in London in the Spring of 1807 ..."--v. 2, p. [490]. This proposed third volume was never published.
General note"W. Duane, & Son, printers, Philadelphia."--v. 2, colophon (p. [490]).
General noteVol. 1: [8], 432 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [8], 379, 400-463, [27] p., [1] leaf of plates.
General noteErrors in paging: v. 1, p. 212-216 misnumbered 112-116; v. 2, p. 122-123, 228 misnumbered 222-223, 238, and page numbers 380-399 omitted from sequence.
General noteIndexes to words discussed, v. 2, p. [465-490].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 11462
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11462).
Genre/formDialogues.
Other titleDiversions of Purley

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